China to Launch 1st Space Lab Module

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China to Launch 1st Space Lab Module

« on: September 28, 2011, 09:04:31 AM »

http://www.space.com/13105-china-space-laboratory-tiangong-1-launches-thursday.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+spaceheadlines+%28SPACE.com+Headline+Feed%29

China is set to launch its first space laboratory into orbit Thursday (Sept. 29), provided the weather cooperates for the planned liftoff.

China's Tiangong 1 space lab is slated to launch aboard a Chinese Long March 2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China. The prototype, which will test docking technology with the country's Shenzhou spacecraft, is an important step toward China's goal of constructing a crewed space station in orbit.


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Re: China to Launch 1st Space Lab Module

« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2011, 11:02:40 AM »

Makes me wish our (Western) entrepreneurs even more luck. I don't like for the Western hemisphere being at China's mercy again ... Wink